Lorado
Taft :

An Inventory of the Lorado Taft Papers at the University of
Illinois Archives.

Biographical

Lists of his sculpture, (1908-32), and short
list of major works, 1887-1936

Lists of his articles and publications, 1895-1937

Additional articles by Lorado Taft, 1896-1922

Key to file of Lorado Taft newspaper and
periodical material, 1938

Bibliographies of Lorado Taft, 1890-1936

Lists of organizations of which he was a
member

List of exhibitions, 1882-1936

Autobiographical and biographical accounts
(for articles about Taft and his work, see box 28)

Genealogical outline and short typed
accounts of incidents in his life by himself, family, acquaintances, students

Typed accounts of his life by friends and
family

Hamlin Garland and Zulime Taft Garland
(sister)

Memories of Lorado and childhood in
Champaign and Kansas

Items copied by Lorado Taft

Periodical accounts of Lorado Taft during his
lifetime

Webster account of death of Lorado Taft, typed
manuscript

Newspaper obituaries, 1936

Expressions of sympathy, letters and telegrams

Periodicals containing obituaries

Disposition of the Taft estate - records,
correspondence, 1937-39

Correspondence

Microfilm copy of a dissertation titled
"Lorado Taft: American Sculptor and Art Missionary" by Lewis W. Williams, II, a Ph.D.
dissertation in art, University of Chicago, March 1958. Cross referenced to box 6.

The dissertation includes extensive
quotations from documents in the Taft Papers. Pages 1-49 relate to youth and Paris, pages 50-55
to Chicago, and pages 86-110 to the "vast schemes and vast accomplishments" of the 1910-22
period. Pages 111-145 relate to his final years from 1922 to 1936. Mr. Williams gives an
evaluation and criticism of Taft's work from pages 146 to 223. There is a summary on pages
224-225. An excellent catalog of Taft's work is included on pages 227 to 301. An appendix
including documents and publications by Taft is on pages 302-325. Bibliography is given on
pages 326-377. Photographic plates are reproduced on pages 377-400.

Box

2

Taft family materials; parents and homestead

Diplomas, Amherst and Union Theological
Seminary

Typed manuscript (4 pages) - Father Taft's
Reminiscences

Notebook for Professor Taft's accounts, 1857-

Mary Lucy Taft; Ladies Improvement
Society, Hanover, Kansas, eulogy

Map of Don Carlos Taft's house and garden, 1874 by Lorado Taft

Photographs of Taft homestead, Elmwood,
with notes

Catalog of Books in Lorado Taft's library -
handwritten, 1872 and after

Dr. John Milton Gregory

Art collection at Urbana

Newspaper notice, 1873-74

Excerpts from the Board of Trustees Report, 1880

Grandparents Gazette, copies
of boyhood newspaper for his grandparents, 1874-75

Grandparents Gazette,
originals, 1874-75

Diary and Mementos, Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876

Don Carlos Taft lecture on natural history

Promissory note of Don Carlos Taft to
Lorado Taft

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad timetable, 1876

Clippings of hair, Taft family

Journal Excerpts, Europe, 1926 (from
RS 35/3/125)

Diaries - handwritten, 1876, 1877,
1878

Notebooks from courses at the University of
Illinois

Mental Science/Political Economy, ca. 1878

Logic/Constitutional History, ca.
1879

Themes and compositions, University of Illinois, 1875-79

Mental Science, Political Economy, History,
Literature, Science

Photocopy of 1879 B. L. Thesis on English
Orthography

Honors, University of Illinois

Upon receiving Master's degree, June, 1880

Testimonials from classmates, 1879

Correspondence

Lorado Taft to parents

from Honduras, 1879

from California, 1879 - found in the attic of the Taft home in Champaign